YEAR 1

YEAR 1
LANGUAGE TUTORS
Cristina Cignatta
Patricia Taylor
Halina West
LANGUAGE AREAS
• Translation into English (H.West)
• Grammar (P.Taylor)
• Reading and Vocabulary (P.Taylor)
• Listening (H.West)
• Writing (M.C.Cignatta)
TIMETABLE
•Translation into English and
Listening:
Group 1 A-L Monday 12.30-14.00 AM
Group 2 M-Z Wednesday 14.30-16.30
AM
•Grammar: Wednesday12.30-14.30
AM
•Writing: Friday 10.30-12.30 AM
•Reading and Vocabulary: II
Semester
FIRST LESSONS
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Translation into English and Listening:
Lesson 1 Monday 11th October
Group 1 A-L Monday 12.30-14.00 AM
Lesson 2 Wednesday 13th October
Group 2 M-Z 14.30-16.30 AM
Grammar: Wednesday 13th October 12.3014.30 AM
• Writing: Friday 22nd10.30-12.30 AM
• Reading and Vocabulary: II Semester
TUTORIAL HOURS
• Cristina Cignatta -Tuesday 11.30-13.30
• Patricia Taylor-Tuesday 9.00-11.00
• Halina West Wednesday and Thursday
10.00
These are the tutorial times during the period of lessons.
Please check the department website for any variations
BOOK LIST
LIBRI DI TESTO DI INGLESE ANNO ACCADEMICO
2010 – 2011
1° ANNO
Compulsory course books:
• Grammarway 3 (with key). Dooley & Evans, Express
Publishing
(English or Italian version available)
• English for emails.R.Chapman, Oxford
• English Vocabulary Organiser, Gough,LTP
• Reading the News. Pete Sharma, Thomson
• Recommended reference and practice books:
• IELTS Practice Tests (with key).P. May,OUP
DICTIONARIES
Si consiglia l’uso di uno dei seguenti vocabolari bilingui (prendere
sempre l’edizione più aggiornata):
1) Il Nuovo Ragazzini (Inglese-Italiano Italiano-Inglese)
(Ultima Edizione) Zanichelli
2) Collins Desktop (Inglese-Italiano Italiano-Inglese) Boroli Editore
3) I Grandi Dizionari Garzanti Hazon (Inglese-Italiano Italiano-Inglese Garzanti
Linguistica
Si consiglia l’uso di uno dei seguenti vocabolari monolingui (prendere
sempre l’edizione più aggiornata):
4) Cambridge International Dictionary of English CUP
5) Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (7th Edition) OUP
6) Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
(New Edition) Longman
7) Oxford Business Dictionary OUP
8) Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus OUP
EXAMS
• THREE SESSIONS PER YEAR
SUMMER-AUTUMN- WINTER SESSIONS
DATES 2011: 16th May & 8th September
Remember that:
a)You need to follow language course throughout the two semesters.
b)You cannot sit the written exams before the summer session.
c) You cannot take the language oral exam without having passed the
written examination.
c)You need to have done the laboratory hours before sitting the
language exam.
d)You need to bring the laboratory booklet,your university exam booklet
(libretto) and the computerised labels.
I YEAR EXAM
THE EXAM IS DIVIDED INTO 6 PARTS
We are aiming at a B2 level in most skills by the
end of YEAR I
• TRANSLATION 1 (EN-IT)
• TRANSLATION 2 (IT-EN)
• WRITING
• LISTENING
• READING
• UOE
ADVICE
The contact time in the classroom is not
enough. You must work constantly outside
the classroom and look for as many ways
as possible to find ways of having contact
with the foreign language that you are
trying to learn.
(see students’ brochure www.cla.unipr.it)